Tag: Thank the Lord

So after a long day at work I go out to the BMW for the ride home. I place the key in the lock and turn. Nothing happens. I turn forward which should cause the windows to roll down. I have been doing this a lot, especially when people are around. It looks odd when it is snowing. The alternative is to open the passenger side and crawl over or reach over and open the driver door. If I opted for opening the driver door through the passenger side I had to push the driver door out far enough so it didn’t just close back before I walked around. Now do you see why I go with the window down option? With the other option I can sell tickets for people to watch the show.

Now back to the story. The window doesn’t go down. I get nothing by turning the key either way. Now at this point I need to make it clear that the BMW only has one door lock where the key can be used. It is all or nothing so I am starting to panic. I try to open all the doors and the hatchback. No luck. I go inside to get some hot water to see if maybe the lock is in some kind of crazy frozen state. On the way back to the car I am praying hard for God to let the door unlock. I have my hot water and I press the unlock on the key. A miracle happens and it unlocks the car. I have to pause here and Thank The Lord and explain in more detail for you. The unlock on the key NEVER works. I have tried it so many times before this night and it has never done anything. I open the passenger door and try to open the driver door. No go. I climb over into the driver seat. I try to open the driver door again. Will not budge. The car does start and I am on my way home. It has been a bad day and this scare has put me in a bad space emotionally. I call and talk to Janet for a minute. I can’t begin to tell you how great it was just to hear her voice.

I stop at the Post Office. The driver side door now opens. I get out and while keeping the door open I try to use the key in the lock again. This time it locks. I can’t get it to unlock. I take the key out and reach in and press the main unlock button which should unlock all the doors. Nothing happens. I try again and still nothing. At this point I decide that it would be bad to close the driver door so I get back. Once in the car the alarm goes off. I put the key into the ignition and start the car. Now on every car I have had starting it with the correct key always turned the alarm off. Oh, not this time. I am sitting in the car with it running and the alarm going off. I start driving and the alarm is still going. Thank goodness as I pull out of the Post Office the alarm turns off. I get home and have to work each door open from the inside to make sure they are unlocked. Once all doors have been tested twice for being unlocked and opening them I close the driver door. I try pressing the unlock button on the key about 20+times with nothing. This just reinforces the miracle of the one time unlock so I could get home.

I go inside defeated and start getting ready for bed. Ready for this day to be over. Janet calls me back to comfort me, and I think to make sure I did make it home. Always makes me feel better to talk with her.

More goodbyes and the windshield washer not working for front. Really, really need it for the drive. Calling, looking and working on it. Trying to get just the front to work if only one. Fully break the bad one. Now I must get a new one. Many places not open. Autozone comes through with one and I was able to do the repair myself. Thank the Lord, yet again! Now for the full-on pack. I put so much stuff in the car you can’t open any of the back doors. I think adding a candy bar on the front center would have caused the passenger windows to pop out.

Oil is OK. Thank the Lord! Saying a few goodbyes. Sorting and packing. A lot of emotions. Janet starts talking about going with me. Didn’t want to pressure…so happy she is going…getting her a return flight.